Two stories on love tokens given by convicts before they departed on the transportation ships:
Love Tokens: Voices of the Condemned. https://t.co/T3XH1CqtuV pic.twitter.com/tYg1YGyTif
— Tracey Hughes (@Traceyhughes200) January 11, 2016
Last words of love. https://t.co/xQADF5fk5f pic.twitter.com/273IWio1Yf
— Ann Marie Flanagan (@annmarieeeeflan) January 11, 2016
Lee Jackson shared this gem: men swimming naked in 1825. I think there is something here for everyone.
I still kicking myself for missing The Fallen Woman exhibition at London’s Foundling Museum so was mightily relieved to find a page of online resources about it. Thanks to @histchild for pointing this up.
This woman obviously didn’t merit saving by a naked man or anyone else.
An explanation of Georgian beds and bedding from All Things Georgian (@sarahmurden and @joannemajor3)
And finally, the project to digitise the astonishing map collection of George III.
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